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I do have one closing comment mare I would
like to provide you all with an update

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regarding our mulling activity. We knew
that the timing of the first cut of

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our sixty eight hundred plus vacant
lots would be very sensitive to weather

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and unfortunately we've had

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a pretty wet May very wet
and. Although we have

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cycled through seventy five percent of the
neighborhoods or about two weeks behind

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we know the grass is getting really tall
in our last twenty five percent of our

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neighborhoods. And I'm really disappointed
that we haven't been able to stay on

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track but we have

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a plan I have authorized overtime
for the weekends including this

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weekend we think that with the additional
overtime that we can catch up in the next

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two weeks I have authorized us to
keep the weekend overtime so that

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we are ensured that we will stay ahead and
maintain the promise that we made with

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regards to the vacant lot maintenance.
Provided the weather continues to cooperate

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with us we should be caught up in
two weeks' time so we're asking for

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a little patience if there are issues after
our crews have been out to clean and

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mow. Neighbor should feel free to give us

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a call so that we can follow up on those
because with the grass being so tall it is

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difficult to to do those
first cuts. And on

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a good note we are staying ahead as planned
for the park the boulevards and the

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open space Moline So that's a that's

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a good news item to report and I
wanted to let you know that I received

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we really performance reports because I'm
monitoring this very closely so that as

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we need to tweak or adjust this
pilot year that we adjust.

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Appreciate the comments mystic Steen I've
gotten some seen some high grass in my

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neighborhood as well as across the city
so I could tell the weather had gotten

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a subpar but I appreciate that you've
authorized over time for us on the weekend I

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hope that prescience staff being willing
to do that over time through the weekend

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as well especially on

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a holiday weekend like this it's very
important for us to be able any time at Sunny

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to be able to mow the grass that are going
to hundred lots one of the things I

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think as we go through on the first cut
to there might be places that are not

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necessarily on our list because of the
vacant the vacant lessons from the previous

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year so if there is one that is missed and
that you didn't see that you believe is

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vacant you should folks call the three
three three forty eight hundred number

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that's always

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a good thing we can check that out so yes
so folks can do that too so you know as

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the first cut goes through I wouldn't be
surprised if you know an adjustment on the

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list each year on heating a
vacant house and who isn't

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a good point is updated as well but I'm
you know of course as someone we have all

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of us who when your staff to went through
to talk about the importance of issue

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nine we really want to make sure that our
neighborhoods look good in this is just

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a great asset we have for Shiites we want
to make sure we follow through on it and

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then just report back in two weeks to make
sure that we're kind of alluding to that

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that degree.